Specifications

156 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
Sample configurations for VIOS installations are:
򐂰 Sample Configuration 1:
One IBM Flex System p460 Compute Node, with two IBM Flex System
EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapters, 32 GB of memory, and two IBM Flex
System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapters.
For this sample, you can create two VIOS servers:
VIOS Server 1 consists of:
– One processor
– 4 GB
– SAN-attached disks through the IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC
Adapter
– One IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter
for networking
Virtual Server 2 consists of:
– One processor
– 4 GB
– SAN-attached disks through the IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC
Adapter
– One IBM Flex System EN2024 4-port 1Gb Ethernet Adapter
for networking
The VIOS virtual servers should be configured for redundant access to storage
and the network.
Additional AIX, Linux, or IBM i client virtual servers can now be configured by
using resources from the VIO virtual servers, with the assurance that the loss of
a VIOS does not result in a client losing access to storage or the network.